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British Town Terrorized by Squirrel
Aired November 09, 2002 - 17:28 ET
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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Life may never be quite the same in Knutsford, England -- and by the way, remember the name of that town. It is a village terrorized by a wild beast on the rampage. What makes this story so bizarre is the nature of the beast. Reporter Tim Rogers has details.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
TIM ROGERS, ITV NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice over): There's something stirring among the leaves of Knutsford, a small gray menace that's kept the doors here firmly closed. He's mean. He's tough and he's a squirrel. So mean in fact he's been terrorizing the neighborhood, launching attacks against anyone walking by, including two-year-old Kelsi Morley who's got the scars to prove it.
KAREN MORLEY, KELSI'S MOTHER: All of a sudden from about six feet away, just lapped onto her face and she was hysterical, screaming, spinning around. I eventually had to knock her to floor to try and get it off. She obviously couldn't see or breathe or anything.
ROGERS: But Knutsford isn't a town big enough for a mean squirrel and Kelsi's granddad. After the attack, they came eyeball- to-eyeball to settle it once and for all.
GEOFF HORTH, KELSI'S GRANDFATHER: I thought well it's going to jump any minute, jump on me you see, so I put my gun up on it ready and as soon as I got a good aim, I fired.
ROGERS: It was just you or the squirrel.
HORTH: It was me or the squirrel.
ROGERS (on camera): No one can be really sure that it might have been the nuts in Knutsford which caused the trouble. So determined was the squirrel to get his share, he terrorized the neighborhood to keep the competition away.
ROGERS (voice over): Whatever the reason, after keeping a safe distance, the local children are pleased he's gone.
JAMES COATES, NEIGHBOR: He's been biting loads of people. He's bitten my friend. He's bitten the neighbors and it's also bitten like postmen and things.
ROGERS: Were you frightened of it? COATES: Yes. I won't come and play out.
ROGERS: But now the menace is no more and the squirrel has gone. The woods of Knutsford are safe again.
Tim Rogers, ITV News, Cheshire.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired November 9, 2002 - 17:28 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Life may never be quite the same in Knutsford, England -- and by the way, remember the name of that town. It is a village terrorized by a wild beast on the rampage. What makes this story so bizarre is the nature of the beast. Reporter Tim Rogers has details.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
TIM ROGERS, ITV NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice over): There's something stirring among the leaves of Knutsford, a small gray menace that's kept the doors here firmly closed. He's mean. He's tough and he's a squirrel. So mean in fact he's been terrorizing the neighborhood, launching attacks against anyone walking by, including two-year-old Kelsi Morley who's got the scars to prove it.
KAREN MORLEY, KELSI'S MOTHER: All of a sudden from about six feet away, just lapped onto her face and she was hysterical, screaming, spinning around. I eventually had to knock her to floor to try and get it off. She obviously couldn't see or breathe or anything.
ROGERS: But Knutsford isn't a town big enough for a mean squirrel and Kelsi's granddad. After the attack, they came eyeball- to-eyeball to settle it once and for all.
GEOFF HORTH, KELSI'S GRANDFATHER: I thought well it's going to jump any minute, jump on me you see, so I put my gun up on it ready and as soon as I got a good aim, I fired.
ROGERS: It was just you or the squirrel.
HORTH: It was me or the squirrel.
ROGERS (on camera): No one can be really sure that it might have been the nuts in Knutsford which caused the trouble. So determined was the squirrel to get his share, he terrorized the neighborhood to keep the competition away.
ROGERS (voice over): Whatever the reason, after keeping a safe distance, the local children are pleased he's gone.
JAMES COATES, NEIGHBOR: He's been biting loads of people. He's bitten my friend. He's bitten the neighbors and it's also bitten like postmen and things.
ROGERS: Were you frightened of it? COATES: Yes. I won't come and play out.
ROGERS: But now the menace is no more and the squirrel has gone. The woods of Knutsford are safe again.
Tim Rogers, ITV News, Cheshire.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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